Blackmail/extortion

Note: This is the second part of an article that was first published in the ABA Criminal Justice magazine. By: Sara Kropf In Part I of this article, we analyzed the difference between blackmail and extortion and examined the various federal statutes that govern those...

Note: This article was first published in the ABA's Criminal Justice magazine in Summer 2019. By: Sara Kropf In early February 2019, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos published an explosive blog post accusing the National Enquirer’s owner, American Media Inc. (AMI), of...